Opinion

Dear Mr. Loftis, After reading your editorial of 8-5-25, I began thinking how grateful I am for an honest paper that can keep me up on local events. I am especially glad when you publish the views of people running for office — and the ballots, early enough to pore over them. I’m thankful for the public announcements, and the obituaries — though they don’t always come out in time to attend memorial services. I read the police reports and detention center information. Too often there are familiar names there. It seems odd that many of the people listed are old enough to know better than to get themselves involved with the police. (The only good police involvement is when people do things that help them do their job more safely and efficiently.)

To Friends of the Berryville Lions, During COVID and the remodel of the Berryville Square, we had to interrupt our Memorial Flag Program. Although we continued to display flags as we could, we lost track of many of our supporters.

Lawmakers mainly do two things. Both they and voters should not focus so much on the first that they ignore the second.